Select Answers: Andrade Non Compete, Stone Cold Mania Incident, ZOOTOPIA!

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Have you heard anything more about Andrade's non compete being worldwide and not US-only?

I was under the impression right out of the gate that it was worldwide, otherwise he could have quickly taken New Japan and CMLL bookings. I haven't really seen WWE do one that was just in the United States, but maybe I'm just not remembering correctly or something.

Did anything ever come from the Wrestlemania incident with Steve Austin? I figured there might be legal action involved, but obviously that would have been made public.

The night it happened I was told "you probably won't hear anything else about this." I want to be clear that it is speculatory, but when I asked why, here's the message that I got. "The person was front row at WrestleMania. They're already a fan, and already spent a ton of money to be there. WWE will almost certainly offer them something to make good on it and in order for that to happen, the person will definitely be required to sign a non-disclosure, and it will prevent further legal action." No news is a pretty good indication that person was taken care of.

this one might be a bit random but CM Punk and Roman Reigns are in Zootopia 2, how did that happen? did Disney approach WWE or the talent agency that represent them and was the casting decision for them specifically?

The agent (the CONTROVERSIAL Nick LoPiccolo!) in that situation and his company would call up Disney and pitch ideas for a lot of the roles in the film. Disney liked the idea of Roman Reigns an CM Punk as the zebras, but especially them together. Punk agreed initially, then Roman Reigns later, which surprised WWE from what we're told. Roman ended up wanting to do it because he knew his kids would love it.